🎄 Our December newsletter is out now and includes updates on our youth service providers moving in, our recent Public Open Day, the Crusaders Working Bee and a wrap on our recent fundraising efforts.
You can read the e-newsletter here 👉 https://mailchi.mp/ae91fd50bd03/august-update-from-youth-hub-christchurch-10145143
Our Public Open Day is tomorrow!
Pop on down to 109 Salisbury Street between 10am and 2pm to check out the Hub for yourself and meet the team.
We've got:
👕 Free t-shirts to giveaway
🌭 Free lunchtime sausage sizzle AND
🏀 Our activities courtyard will be open for you to shoot some hoops and learn some circus arts from Circability between 11am and 12pm.
🚗 Please note NO parking (except mobility permit parking) is available on site. The nearest paid parking option is the Casino.
🚲 Bike parking is available.
Our November e-newsletter is out now and includes:
- A wrap on opening events for the Hub
- Details about our upcoming Public Open Day
- Details for our 'sponsor our mural' campaign
AND
- Meeting the Inaugural Youth Hub Housing Manager
You can read the e-newsletter by clicking this link: https://mailchi.mp/421e351c804e/august-update-from-youth-hub-christchurch-10144590
This morning the Governor-General, Her Excellency The Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro GNZM, QSO, officially opened Stage One of Youth Hub Christchurch.
"I am delighted to see the first stage of Youth Hub Christchurch come to fruition, ready to welcome and support all who need it. This outstanding facility – the first of its kind in New Zealand – will elevate the way care is delivered to our young people, and I hope it will be the first of many such facilities around the country,” Dame Cindy Kiro says.
The first stage of the Hub will open from 20 November.
Bumper September newsletter out now!
Highlights include:
👋 Meeting our inaugural Manager and new Board members
💸 Council funding for the Events Centre
AND
🤗 Stage One opening plans!
Have a read at the link 👉 https://mailchi.mp/830a34f9997c/august-update-from-youth-hub-christchurch-9523374
Our August e-newsletter is out now and includes exciting news that our Chair Dame Sue Bagshaw is a finalist in the Westfield Riccarton Local Hereos Awards.
Click this link to read the newsletter and vote for Sue: https://tinyurl.com/4kbxy4jt
Our July e-newsletter is out now! Have a read by clicking this link: https://tinyurl.com/437sfnnu
Our June newsletter is out now! Check it out for updates including:
🎤 Sue Bagshaw's PechaKucha presentation
🕵️♀️ Recruitment for our first Manager
💰Fundraising update with highlights from the Crusaders Hall of Fame Charity Lunch, Riccarton Rotary Youth Trust donation, and our dollar for dollar matching campaign.
👇AND heaps more! Have a read at this link: https://tinyurl.com/4svbp64z
Thanks to the generosity of an anonymous donor, every donation via our supported housing registry will be matched dollar for dollar up to the value of $10,000! Check out the registry by clicking this link: https://bit.ly/44WeuHj
The pace is picking up on all fronts as we near construction completion of Stage One! Catchup on all thing Youth Hub in our May newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/5ce946d58932/spring-update-from-youth-hub-christchurch-9428701
🎥 Recently we had a special visit from Sam Allen who is walking the Te Araroa Trail as a fundraiser for us. Sam got a site tour with Naylor Love Project Manager Gareth Salisbury and Chair of the Youth Hub Trust Dame Sue Bagshaw. Check out the video below. You can also donate to Sam's fundraiser on Givealittle here: https://tinyurl.com/ryaze6mj
🥾 We had a special visit from our Te Araroa Trail walker Sam Allen recently. Sam is walking the length of New Zealand fundraising for us and popped in to check out construction progress! He's got about 500kms left to walk at the top of the North Island.
He's also more than halfway to his fundraising target of $10,000 on Givealittle. Support us by supporting Sam's walk! 👇 https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/hiking-the-length-of-nz
We're signing off for the year. A big thank you to everyone for their support towards building the Youth Hub in 2023. We hope you have a restful break over Christmas and New Year and we look forward to what 2024 has in store, including completion and opening of Stage One of the Hub!
Our December e-newsletter is out now and packed with updates on construction and fundraising to build Youth Hub Christchurch. You can read it here: https://tinyurl.com/7vadkzsu
It was great to share lunch and take the Youth Hub's anchor tenants Te Tahi Youth, Youthline and VOYCE Whakarongo Mai on a tour of the site. The three youth service providers will all have permanent offices in the Hub's wrap-around services block which is due to open by the end of 2024.
Our Spring e-newsletter is out now and full of updates on our progress constructing and fundraising to build Youth Hub Christchurch. You can read it at this link: http://tinyurl.com/mv5p83wt
Nearly 10,000 young people from Christchurch schools are taking part in a fundraiser today to help raise money and awareness for the Youth Hub!
A big thanks to the local businesses who donated prizes for the event including Spagalimis Pizzeria, Original Foods Baking Co., The Big Star Group of McDonald’s Restaurants, Reading Cinemas The Palms, Burger Fuel Riccarton, Whittaker’s Chocolate Lovers, Warehouse Stationery, Coffee Culture and Hell Pizza.
A big shoutout to the participating schools: Christ’s College, Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery, Burnside High School, Marian College, Te Aratai College, Christchurch Adventist School, Christchurch Girls’ High School, Hornby High School, Hagley Community College, and Christchurch South Karamata Intermediate School.
You can read the full story about the fundraiser in The Press at this link: https://www.thepress.co.nz/a/nz-news/350052579/youth-hub-takes-shape
Great to have members of the Community Liaison Group visit the construction site today to see the supported housing wing and wrap-around services block take shape! Once completed the supported housing wing will be able to provide accommodation for up to 23 young people for a period of 3-18 months, provided they are actively looking for education, training or work, while the wrap-around services block will house a dozen youth organisations. 🏡
Our winter e-newsletter is out now and packed with updates on our progress over the past few months, including welcoming two new major funding partners! Read the e-newsletter here: https://mailchi.mp/0565347d6be9/winter-update-from-youth-hub-christchurch?fbclid=IwAR2Dl97gRv0Ax0IqD1jCgxv-V1ZRuY2T8FaB-J8MV6P5YaH6-aljqJnvPvE
We're thrilled to share that the Wayne Francis Charitable Trust has come onboard as a key funding partner, with a $1 million donation to ensure stage one can be completed by mid-next year.
“The Youth Hub will provide what we know works for young people – connected, holistic support to achieve life-long health and wellbeing through positive youth development,” Wayne Francis Charitable Trust Chair Helena Francis says.
“There are young people in Christchurch who, through no fault of their own, require support from a range of agencies. We’re proud to play a part in creating positive change for these young people, as well as for the communities we share.”
Watch the full story on Newshub here: https://tinyurl.com/twschs4x
This week we were privileged to show Christchurch City Councillors and representatives from our major funding partners including Anglican Care and the Rātā Foundation around the Youth Hub construction site at 109 Salisbury Street. The visits also coincided with the first columns being lifted into place. Construction is all upwards from here!
We are very pleased to announce that the Rātā Foundation has given us a $500,000 funding boost! The funding will be instrumental in getting our supported housing facilities and office block for a dozen youth service providers to be co-located on-site completed by mid next year. You can read more about the announcement on our website here: https://tinyurl.com/yjnev8ne.
They also made a great video for us about our project. Check it out at the link below.
It was a packed house last night for our Jingo fundraiser (musical bingo) organised by the amazing team at Rotaract Christchurch! Great to have representatives from our construction partner Naylor Love there, as well as some of the providers moving into the Youth Hub including Te Tahi Youth (formerly 298 Youth Health) and People First New Zealand.
Great to get our youth representatives out and about visiting Christchurch secondary schools to raise awareness about the Youth Hub! Yesterday we were at Christchurch Girls' High School who have also chosen us as their schoolwide charity to support for 2023!
Our Autumn e-newsletter is out now and packed with updates about the construction and continued fundraising for Youth Hub Christchurch. Read the update by clicking this link: https://mailchi.mp/86d9bd57358f/autumn-update-from-youth-hub-christchurch?fbclid=IwAR3ZjhW_tjQik4noxZM-aGH6hlOIbF56qbbiGcqkyC55vLtp_oUFqoQ7NDc
Our summer e-newsletter is out now and packed with updates on our progress building the Youth Hub. Have a read at this link: https://tinyurl.com/2p88m35a
Our Christmas e-newsletter is out now and full of updates on building Youth Hub Christchurch. Read it by clicking this link: https://mailchi.mp/076d8bba7be0/seasons-greetings-from-youth-hub-christchurch?e=73f8749517
Our Winter 2022 newsletter includes updates across the design, construction and fundraising workstreams for Youth Hub Christchurch. You can read it at this link: https://mailchi.mp/f47d92f683a6/winter-update-from-youth-hub-christchurch?fbclid=IwAR3eAyP_L8C2l95RmXMhgrYbfX7FhaIomV-rKsuSzScBAQSrUhK_4QQyX8U
After a decade long fight to build Youth Hub Christchurch we're stoked to have diggers on the ground demolishing the old bowling clubrooms and remediating the soil at our site at 109 Salisbury Street in central Christchurch. Once the site is cleared in 2-3 months, the foundations will be drilled, before Naylor Love begins work on building the supported housing wing and services blocks. Stay tuned for more updates!
Kia ora,
I’m pleased to report that we are making great progress with the detailed design phase for the Youth Hub buildings nearly finished. We are also looking forward to starting site preparations in autumn to make way for construction work.
As we venture deeper into 2022 our focus is now turning to ramping up our fundraising efforts to raise the additional $12.5 million we need to build Youth Hub Christchurch.
With Covid continuing to cause widespread uncertainty and disruptions and construction costs and inflation increasing by the day, the need to raise the additional funds and get building underway as soon as possible is more critical than ever.
To assist us, I’m pleased to share with you our new fundraising videos put together by the very talented John Sellwood from Telling Lives. I also want to thank our Ambassador New Zealand netballer Jane Watson and our youth volunteers for starring in the videos.
Please help us by sharing these videos through your networks or donating what you are able to. Every dollar gets us one step closer to making this dream for Christchurch’s young people a reality.
We’re pleased to release our 2022 fundraising videos to help us raise the additional $12.5 million we need to build Youth Hub Christchurch.
A big thank you to the very talented John Sellwood from Telling Lives who put these together for us. Thanks also to our Ambassador New Zealand netballer Jane Watson and our youth volunteers for starring in the videos.
We now have the full go ahead and hope to finish the hostel and services block by the end of 2023.
Give now to help furnish the hostel - we need donations for furnishings, , little fridges, electric jugs, for the rooms and own set of pots and pans and cutlery towels and bedding to take with you to your flat.
will be great to hear from you
We did it we have reached a good understanding with the neighbours and we have the big tick from the Environment Court to move ahead with the huild. We hope phase 1 will be finished by the end of 2023. Now to get going for the funds for a creative arts and indoor rec centre and more housing.
Let's GO Outautahi Christchurch:-)
The Christchurch City Council supported by the Youth Hub Trust will be entering mediation with the Victoria Neighbourhood Association to see if we can come to an agreement so that the Resource Consent for the building of the Hub is affirmed.
This will happen at the end of this month. Will keep everyone updated.
Thank you for your support
We are making slow progress but we are pleased that we can guarantee that all donations will go to building the Hub facility as we have the cost of the court case pledged.
thanks again for all your support
Thank you for your precious donation. Hope 2021 goes really well for you
Thank you for your precious donation. Hope 2021 goes really well for you
Thank you very much for all your support this year. Our Highlights:
The Government awarded The Youth Hub Trust a grant of $10milion towards the cost of building the housing part of the project as Shovel Ready Money, in July.
The Trust was granted Resource Consent by the Christchurch City Council in November this year after a public hearing, delayed by Covid.
Now we are facing another delay as the Victorian Neighbourhood Residents Association have appealed that decision and this will be held in the Environment Court next year. This will cost more money and we need up to $200,000.
We now need your support as we feel that this site is exactly what is needed by the young people who will be using this facility. We will continue.
We wish a very Happy Christmas and a wonderful 2021. Best wishes from the Youth Hub Trust, Te Hurihanga o Rangatah
Email info@youthhubchch.org.nz https://www.youthhubchch.org.nz
